“Que pasa” means "what's happening" and "Que piso" means "what floor" a slight change in the way a word is pronounced can have a whole different meaning. I became very familiar with “left” and “right” working with a mostly “Chicano” crew setting up telephone poles when I worked with the telephone company.WTR wrote:It is derecho de piso. Trust me......Spanish sayings do not always make literal scene when translated to English.ScottDLS wrote:Was thinking the phrase might be "Derecho de paso". Derecha means "right" in the sense of left or right, and derecho means right as in civil right in the Spanish speaking places I've been. And piso means floor. Que piso? "What floor?" is what they always asked me in the elevator in South America. Derecho de paso...seems to translate as "right of passage" which makes more sense in cartel context...VoiceofReason wrote:I am not "pretty sure" I am positive. I am not offering opinion, I am offering fact.Bitter Clinger wrote:Pretty sure it's a colloquial expression used to mean something like "paying your dues". Whatever. Press "1" for English.ScottDLS wrote:Isn't "derecho de piso"...the right of "floor"... Derecho de paso????
Izquierda (pronounced something like “eskedra”) means left and derecho means right. piso means floor
Rangel was my wife's maiden name 48 years ago. We are still married and still love each other.
Believe what you want though as I am no longer going to argue the point.
